Watching SS recently I noticed they seem to have mostly phased Oscar out. Presumably because he was so crabby all the time and was a bad role model or something. I'm glad they've left Bert and Ernie alone, even though Ernie always teases Bert and Bert is almost as grouchy as Oscar.

Last night after hearing that Miss Piggy was going to be a guest on a talk show to promote the Muppets, my boyfriend told me the tale of an acquaintance who was a stylist for the stars and had worked on some show where Miss Piggy had been a guest and how it was expected that the interviewer (and to some extent backstage folk) interact with her as if the puppeteer was not there.

And I realized that not only would I have no problem with this, but I would probably do it naturally because, to me, Miss Piggy is such a fully realized character that it would be weird to not treat her like she was "real"; in fact, if anything, I would just be tongue tied and awkward like one might be around a celebrity, especially one from my youth. Then, probably since I had come home having had a few cocktails, we spent the next 30 minutes* in bed talking about why this was and for which Muppets it was true for.

Ernie and Bert were considered "probably" on the list and now it's pretty definite.

* We didn't spend the whole 30 minutes on that discussion because there was a long tangent why I had to explain my feelings -- both to him and to me, as I was surprised to realize I felt this way -- that The Great Muppet Caper was an equal to The Muppet Movie.posted by MCMikeNamara at 6:42 AM on November 18, 2011 [4 favorites]

Don't buy a voice you love, because you will end up cursing it out on a regular basis. If I ever meet Billy Connolly, he is going to regret it and ever doing that TomTom voice.posted by theredpen at 6:58 AM on November 18, 2011 [2 favorites]

But these voices really up the game. First, the voice talent is awesome. And I can't help but like that Tom Tom is listening to what the fans want while still not taking the brand too seriously, leaving room to joke around with this stuff and produce great videos like these.

I may have to rethink my entire Garmin vs Tom Tom position now.posted by misha at 10:02 AM on November 18, 2011 [1 favorite]

And I can't help but like that Tom Tom is listening to what the fans want while still not taking the brand too seriously

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